50 Cancer Blog Name Ideas That Can Help You Blog About A Difficult Topic

Cancer is a difficult and scary topic, but it is also relevant to many people. At some point in their lives, most people will know someone who is affected by cancer, making it a very important topic to talk about. A cancer blog can be a way to bring the topic to light, but first, you’ll need some cancer blog name ideas.

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You might notice that we often talk about blog name ideas on this site. We don’t do so because blog names are critical. Instead, we focus on them because it is easy to get stuck when you’re looking for a good blog name.

The interesting thing is that blog names don’t matter all that much in the end. They do affect how people see your site, but not for very long.

The way that you build your site and what you put on it, those things are much more important than the blog name. In fact, you’ll find that some successful sites have unappealing names, while some failed sites have names that seem perfect.

Now, we’re not going to tell you to simply pick any name. That’s not helpful advice. Instead, this article focuses on helping you to find a blog name that you like, without spending an eternity on the process.

We also touch on some other critical aspects of building a website, like getting your domain name, creating the site itself and ways to earn money from it.

50 Cancer Blog Name Ideas

How To Choose A Good Blog Name

Regardless of your niche, the first step to finding a blog name is to think about your site itself. This is even more important for a cancer blog, as you’re talking about such a sensitive topic.

One part of the decision is how you’re going to approach the topic. Many cancer bloggers will talk about cancer seriously, often including personal stories and information about the challenges of cancer that people don’t often talk about. The site ihadcancer.com does this.

A smaller number of cancer bloggers take a different angle. Some might choose to focus on humor or to simply keep the conversation light. For example, you might talk about hope and finding meaning in life, despite a terminal cancer diagnosis.

You’ll often find that thinking about your blog and your content will naturally lead you to blog name ideas. For example, the site mdbcancerjourney.com was developed by Michael D. Becker and focuses on his journey with cancer.

The areas you want to focus on might also influence whether you use the word cancer in your blog name or not. You might choose to avoid the word if you’re talking more about hope or if the blog focuses on you as a person, rather than your diagnosis. You could even do something more practical, reviewing memoirs and books 

There are many ways to brainstorm blog name ideas, like using domain name tools, looking at current blogs or even just making notes with a pen and paper. Regardless of the approach, it’s best to start off broadly.

Don’t ignore an idea just because it doesn’t sound quite right. You may find that a mediocre initial idea inspires a much better one later on.

There’s another part of the blog name process that we should talk about – words and names that you should avoid. The first aspect of this relates to copyright. You need to be certain that the blog name you want isn’t being used somewhere else.

Doing so will require a little searching. Don’t just look at whether the .com domain has been taken. Use social media and search engines to see if another company uses the same name.

Most of the time, using the same name as someone else is a bad idea. Even if you’re not violating the copyright of another site, it may become harder to develop your own distinctive reputation.

Confusing words are another thing to watch out for. Word choice can make some blog names difficult to remember.

The site hope4cancer.com is a good example of this problem. If someone heard the blog name without seeing it, they wouldn’t know whether to write hope4cancer.com hopeforcancer.com.

This particular company was clever enough to purchase both domain names and has a redirect set up. Still, it’s easy to see how the use of a number can be confusing.

The same problem exists when you use a ‘creatively’ spelled word in your blog name. Fewer people seem to be doing this these days, but the pattern is still frustrating.

Ideally, your domain name should be obvious to anyone who hears the name of your blog spoken out loud. If this isn’t the case, think seriously about whether you want to move ahead.

While we’re on the topic, using dashes in your domain name can be a problem, as potential visitors can forget about them or not know where to place the dash. In the same vein, it’s worth sticking to a familiar domain name extension, like .com, .net or .org.

Of those three options, .com ranks the best and is what most people expect.

You can break any (or all!) of these guidelines if you really want to. Plenty of people do. I even did so with my own site. Still, the guidelines that I’ve talked about are a good indication of what works well for a blog.

Keyword VS Branding

Another decision to make is the style of domain name to run with. In particular, you might want to include a keyword in your blog name. Or, you could skip the keyword entirely and go with a branded approach.

Keywords are simply phrases that people use with Google (and other search engines). They can be useful for increasing traffic to a website too.

Using a keyword in your domain name could help to increase your rankings. The style also makes the topic of your blog clear to potential visitors.

Some blogs use full keyword phrases that people might search for. One example is thetruthaboutcancer.com. ‘The truth about cancer’ is a keyword that some people would search for, especially as there are some controversies around the topic. Another example is cancerandcareers.org.

You’ll also see some sites just use a single related word, like cancer in their blog title. This approach is somewhere between a keyword name and a branded one.

Finally, a branded blog name focuses on being memorable. You can choose pretty much anything, such as an interesting phrase, a made-up word, an abbreviation or a play on words.

A branded name may take longer to rank than a keyword-based name. It could also take longer to develop a reputation if your topic isn’t clear from the name that you choose. Still, branded names can work well.

In the long-term, people tend to create associations between your blog name and your topic. So, if your content is good, using a branded name isn’t going to lower your chance of success.

How To Build & Make Money From Your Cancer Website

Building your site is the next area to think about.

We’re not going to talk about the specific steps here. That’s a discussion for a different time. Instead, we’re going to consider your options for site building.

Your main decision is whether you want to use a site builder or rely on WordPress.

Site builders often end up being the first choice. Some of these make the site building process very easy. Others offer plenty of design control. For example, Wix allows you to make so many little changes that it can take forever to create a website.

Site builders all come from different companies, so they’re all very different from one another. They vary in their plans, features, restrictions, advantages and disadvantages.

Even so, there are some general patterns. One is that site builders tend to be more expensive than having a self-hosted WordPress site. This is partly because you are paying to use the builder itself.

Many website builders have multiple plans. You often need to pay more to get access to all of the features, including some that may be free from other services. Social media linking and SEO are both examples.

Another pattern is that site builders are restrictive. Most won’t give you access to the backend of your site or they will charge you for the privilege. Others may only offer basic functions in some areas, such as SEO.

These types of restrictions can make it very difficult to create a successful site.

You might get lucky and find a site builder that meets all of your requirements, but this brings us to another problem – how do you know what you need? It’s almost impossible to predict what you’re going to want in a year or two.

Here’s another thing. You can’t just switch from one website builder to another. Each one uses its own distinct programming. You’re stuck with whatever one you choose at the beginning.

A self-hosted WordPress site doesn’t have these problems. WordPress is a content management system, so you can use it with different hosts.

WordPress also offers much more control and flexibility, partly because you can use third-party plugins and themes. This makes WordPress a much wiser choice in the long-term.  

Now, making money from a cancer blog might sound a bit morbid, but the idea is actually quite logical. A website costs to run, even if you’re just paying for basic hosting and your domain name. The money you make from your site helps you to keep it running.

Sites that earn well have the chance to provide more value for their readers too.

The process may also be very relevant to anyone who has cancer themselves or who is supporting someone with the condition. The power of being able to earn from home cannot be underestimated.

There are countless different ways to make money from a blog, but two approaches stand out for beginners – display ads and affiliate links. We’ll cover both of these later on in this section.

You may find that other income approaches open up as your site becomes more popular.

How Much Do Cancer Bloggers Make?

Cancer blogs are normally developed for personal reasons, rather than as a source of income – so most don’t post income reports. However, you can get a sense of the income potential by looking at personal blogs.

One example is the site Abby Lawson. Abby no longer publishes income reports, but her blog is still wildly successful. Her last income report was in December 2016 and showed a total income of $41,700.

Affiliate marketing was a huge chunk of this total, providing around $27,500 in income. The rest of the income came from products that Abby has created, including an eBook and a course.

Another example is the site Fit Mommy in Heels. This time the income report is from September 2019 and totaled $11,562.

The breakdown of income is a little unusual, as the site does not rely on display ads. Plus, affiliate marketing made up less than $500 of the total. The rest of the income came from sponsored posts and contracted work.

You may think that cancer blogs are an odd choice to earn online income, but it really depends on what exactly you’re talking about in relation to cancer. For example, this medical diagnosis is one that often results in huge financial difficulties. In that sense you could help people navigate this financially difficult time with personal finance advice, and earn affiliate income through investing, saving,  and budgeting affiliate recommendations.

Display Ads

The term display ads refers to the box and banner advertisements that you’ll often see on sites. These ads tend to promote various products and services. Some ad networks even use data to tailor the ads to visitors.

Ads don’t tend to make you much money per visit. You may only be making a few cents per visitor and perhaps not even that. This makes income very slow on small blogs.

The power of display ads comes from two things. The first is that your income can scale very high. Blogging about cancer fits well with display ads because you won’t have any pressure to promote products if you feel like it’s against what your brand stands for. Write whatever you want, and ads automatically display.

Of course, to do this, you need to get a large amount of traffic. You probably won’t get as much traffic to a cancer blog that you would to a cooking or travel blog, but there is still a considerable potential audience out there.

The second key feature of display ads is that they’re not related to your content. This means that you don’t need to worry about them. You can write your content without thinking about products or income.

Affiliate Links

Affiliate links are a completely different style. The idea is that you’re directing people to products and services that someone else has created.

The affiliate company that you’re working with does all the hard work, including sales, customer service, shipping, returns and any other complexities. All you need to do is get people to visit the affiliate company’s site (through your link). If the visitor makes a purchase, you earn a commission. It’s as simple as that.

The nature of affiliate links means that you’re not earning from every person who visits your site. Instead, you only get a commission from those who complete an action. In some cases, this might mean that you earn when a person signs up for a trial. But, most of the time, the visitor needs to make a purchase.

What type of affiliate products would you promote for a cancer blog? It depends on your “niche” within the topic. For some more serious medical topics, you could promote medical supplies. For more casual topics, you could promote fashion or travel affiliate programs.

Final Thoughts

As you can see, choosing a blog name is just one part of the website creation process. The name is never as significant as it first seems, as visitors will be influenced much more strongly by the content that you create.

In all honesty, if the rest of your site is decent, then visitors are barely going to notice your blog name.

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